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Bitter and Twisted 7b

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[Wendy Coles on Bitter and Twisted Traverse, 2 kb]The Wall underneath Dinosaur Beach is climbed on good, positive, but very polished finger edges until a span rightwards on the jugs of Dinosuar Beach sees the end of the hard climbing. Soft for the grade.
M Ward, G A Jenkin 11/Feb/1989

Photo: Wendy Coles on Bitter and Twisted Traverse © tom_Ball
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 66 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

ico - Lead RP - 2013

Re-work headwall - only dry part
Jon Didymus - TR dog - 12/Dec/12

middle section still seeping so worked the headwall.
Jon Didymus - TR dog - 05/Dec/12 with Nick

remembering the moves
Jon Didymus - TR dog - 07/Nov/12

1st RP today after looking at the moves.
Joe Innes - Lead RP - 22/Sep/12

tommytuffa - Lead RP - 09/Sep/12 with ollie b

Hidden - Lead β - 05/Apr/12

Took a ground fall from the second bolt :)
Joe Innes - Lead dog - 25/Mar/12

2nd redpoint, difficult to read but quality route!
Jack_F - Lead RP - 10/Mar/12

tombeasley - Lead RP - 22/Jan/12

Hidden - 2nd dog - 22/Jan/12

Hidden - TR dog - 15/Jan/12

Hidden - Lead RP - 15/Jan/12

j miller - Lead - 2012

Seeping badly today. Worked the lower wall. Took fall near the ground at 2nd bolt!
Jon Didymus - Lead dog - 05/Dec/11 with Rich

some good links
Jon Didymus - TR dog - Nov/11 with Nick

Hidden - Lead RP - 09/Oct/11

First go, get sequence for lower wall
Jon Didymus - TR dog - Oct/11 with danp

Aaron Lines - TR O/S - 17/Jul/11

Hidden - TR rpt - 29/Jun/11

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead β - 19/Jun/11 with max

Dan Jenkin - Lead β - 14/Jun/11 with Tom Heslam

7a?
Spacetourist - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/11 with Dan Jenkin

second go
Wendy - Lead RP - 11/May/11 with Tom Ball

Hidden - Lead rpt - 11/May/11

Hidden - Lead dnf - 02/May/11

Hidden - TR dnf - 29/Apr/11

Had bouldered the start previously but never tried on a rope. Got a bit flash pumped, then got it 2nd go. Quite a good route despite the polish.
lukehodson - Lead RP - 13/Mar/11 with Little Tom

Been a project for more or less a year now. Great climb, just shy of 3 stars I'd say (even with the polish!).
adlamixion - Lead RP - 11/Mar/11 with eric herring

James Marshall - Lead RP - Mar/11

Hidden - TR dog - 02/Oct/10

archiecb - Lead RP - 25/Sep/10 with Max

Hidden - Lead rpt - 11/May/10

Hidden - TR rpt - 27/Apr/10

Hidden - TR dog - 22/Apr/10

Hidden - TR dog - 21/Apr/10

grey wolf - Lead RP - 15/Apr/10

Hidden - TR dog - 28/Mar/10

T ny - 2010

fatfingerz - 2010

First f7b, felt easy when I got it.
thomasadixon - Lead RP - 05/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead RP - 20/Sep/09

About 4 dogged attempts in the morning, then retreated when the sun came on it. Got it first go on return in the evening. Notgnarly also redpointed. Rich's excellent recommendation.
jelaby - Lead RP - 20/Sep/09 with Richard Hall, notgnarly

Hidden - Lead RP - 06/Sep/09

Marti999 - Lead RP - 03/Sep/09

Did it about 4 times one week in Sept. Brilliant route. Easy 7b.
Richard Hall - Lead rpt - Sep/09 with Paul Meallor, Ian Lau

tombeasley - TR RP - 05/Jul/09 with Chris, Joyce & Beep beep

tombeasley - TR dog - 02/Jul/09 with Chris & Joyce

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Jun/09

deemed the first moves far too difficult but figured out the sequence eventually and dogged the route, repeated the top section on top rope. brushed the holds and rested. stuck it on the first redpoint. so pcyched!
shyster boulder - Lead RP - 10/Jun/09 with alex harper

Hidden - Lead RP - 21/May/09

Hidden - TR dog - 09/May/09

Laid seige to this!
Bristoldave - Lead RP - 29/Apr/09 with ewan

ToffeeSockScissorBitch - Lead β - 22/Mar/09 with Dick

richiebongo - Lead RP - 2009 with Nick Smith

Kneed Ben in the head after slipping off clipping bolt 2 trying to clip it.
Paz - Lead dog - 23/Nov/08 with BJ

IceMonkey1982 - 03/Aug/08

Paz - Lead rpt - 25/Apr/08 with WG

Bit of training after a proper soaking.
Paz - Lead dog - 09/Oct/07 with TS2

John Southworth - Lead RP - Jul/07 with Alex Jakubowski

Annoyingly I top roped it cleanly, and only lead it again afterwards by the skin of my teeth.
Paz - Lead rpt - 27/Mar/07 with TE2

Hidden - Lead β - 12/Jun/06

phsharpy - Lead RP - 08/Jun/06 with Pete Phillips

Felt more like 7b this time, but I'd forgotten the moves and was having a shit day.
Paz - Lead dog - 22/Sep/05 with FM, AS

Feels like 7a+ when it's sorted.
Paz - Lead RP - 05/Apr/05 with AS

Hidden - 2002

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hard 7a+4 of 21
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Style of ascent

Lead44 of 66 (66.7%)
Followed1 of 66 (1.5%)
Toproped17 of 66 (25.8%)
Unknown4 of 66 (6.1%)

'Climbed'5 of 66 (7.6%)
clean O/S2 of 66 (3.0%)
clean β5 of 66 (7.6%)
clean rpt7 of 66 (10.6%)
clean RP27 of 66 (40.9%)
dogged18 of 66 (27.3%)
dnf2 of 66 (3.0%)